Functionalized Carbon Nanofibers Enhance the Thermal Properties of Glauber's Salt-based Phase Change Energy Storage Materials
WEI Ning1, TIE Shengnian2
1 College of Chemical Engineering, Qinghai University, Xining 810016, China 2 New Energy (Photovoltaic) Industry Research Center, Qinghai University, Xining 810016, China
Abstract: The low thermal conductivity is a hindrance to salt hydrate as it leads to slow rates of heat absorption and release, which limits the practical application of inorganic hydrate salts. In this work, a series of Na2SO4·10H2O/PSA composite materials with different weight ratios were fabricated by using the Na2SO4·10H2O as phase change materials and polyacrylic acid sodium as a supporting materials, and by adding carbon nanofibers to enhance thermal conductivity. Scanning electron microscopy micrographs revealed that composite PCMs have been successfully prepared, and Na2SO4·10H2O and functionalized carbon nanofibers are embedded in 3D networks of PSA, the above three materials bonding together to form a smooth network structure. FTIR and Raman spectra results indicated that there were no chemical interactions between components in phase transition system. Differential scanning calorimetry suggested that phase transition behavior of the system was adjusted by the interaction between polyacrylic acid sodium and Na2SO4·10H2O, as melting and crystallization enthalpy are 197.2 J/g and 137.0 J/g, respectively. Compared with Na2SO4·10H2O/PSA, thermal conductivity of CNFs-Na2SO4·10H2O/PSA significantly increased, of which thermal conductivity of solid state reached about 1.2 W/(m·K) and thermal conductivity of liquid state was about 1.0 W/(m·K). Moreover, after 300 thermal cycles, melting and crystallization enthalpy of composite phase change materials decreased by 23.3% and 28.8% respectively.
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